President Trump is playing hardball as his self-imposed trade deadline looms next week, backing away from talk of extending the 90-day pause on “reciprocal” duties. With a week to go, he announced the framework of a trade deal with Vietnam on Wednesday. But for countries that don’t strike deals with the U.S., he is…
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has faced a litany of derogatory attacks concerning his religion in the week since he became the presumed winner of the Democratic primary. The attacks have primarily come from the right, with Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) calling for Mamdani to be denaturalized and…
Congress is on the verge of greenlighting new restrictions capping how much graduate students will be able to borrow from the federal government in a move that some worry will ice marginalized communities out of advanced degrees. As part of the megabill Republicans hope to pass this week to advance…
Jonathan Freedland is joined by Eleanor Mueller of Semafor to look at the potential fallout from Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending bill – financially and politically Archive: Fox News, CBS News, PBS Newshour, WKRN News 2, WUSA9, NBC News, CNN Continue reading…
NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Penn., about the budget and tax reconciliation process in the House and how Democrats might capitalize on it.
House Republicans cleared a final procedural hurdle early Thursday and are now one vote away from passing President Trump’s sweeping tax cut and spending bill before a self-imposed July 4 deadline. (Image credit: Kayla Bartkowski)
On Tuesday the White House said that it had cut off some weapons deliveries to Ukraine in order “to put America’s interests first”.
The president has repeatedly criticised Jerome Powell for not cutting rates but has sent mixed signals about removing him from the role.
Former staff expose details of “freak-offs” – drug-fuelled orgies held in luxurious international venues.
Trump insists that the new bill will save the US billions, but it has been criticised by his old ally Elon Musk.
In 2017, when President Trump tried to repeal Obamacare and roll back Medicaid coverage, Republican governors rallied against it. Now, as Trump tries again to scale back Medicaid, they’ve gone quiet. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)
President Trump will give a speech in Iowa Thursday night as the official start to a year of events marking the country’s 250th anniversary. It comes at a crucial time for his domestic policy agenda. (Image credit: Jim Watson)
NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Rep. Jeff Deluzio, D-Penn., about the budget and tax reconciliation process in the House and how Democrats might capitalize on it.
House Republicans advanced their “big, beautiful bill” full of President Trump’s legislative priorities early Thursday morning, overcoming a key procedural hurdle after a dramatic vote that GOP leaders left open for hours to quell an internal revolt. The chamber voted 219-213 to adopt a rule governing debate on Trump’s domestic…
The House of Representatives has voted to advance President Donald Trump’s $3.3 trillion “big, beautiful bill” to its final phase in Congress, overcoming fears of a potential Republican mutiny. It’s a significant victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., though the fight is not over yet. Lawmakers voted to proceed…
President Trump spoke on the phone with a handful of Republican lawmakers blocking his “big, beautiful bill” in the early hours of Thursday morning, The Hill has learned, as GOP leaders race to coalesce the conference around the sprawling package. The phone call — which took place around 1 a.m.…
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social early Thursday to call out Republicans who are still refusing to get behind a House procedural vote on the “Big Beautiful Bill.” With the vote having stalled late Wednesday – with five Republican “nays” and another eight Republicans having yet to cast a…
The GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” hit a wall late Wednesday night when a group of hardline conservatives and moderate Republicans combined forces to stall the sprawling package. Lawmakers returned to the House chamber at 9:30 p.m. — after an hours-long delay — to hold a procedural vote that would open up debate…
Democratic Rep. Dina Titus (Nev.) said on Wednesday that the GOP megabill backed by President Trump will have an adverse impact on gamblers due to its tax provisions. The big, beautiful bill text would strike previous deductibles by 10 percent, according to the senate passed version. The 90 percent deduction…
Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy raised nearly $10 million since entering the statewide race roughly four months ago, according to his campaign. Ramaswamy, who ran in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primary before dropping out in mid-January last year, brought in $9.7 million since launching his gubernatorial run in…
